Remarks by a prominent economist about India ’s air quality have raised a debate on whether New Delhi should prioritise tackling pollution over tariff talks, as the country continues to transition towards a green economy. Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath made the comments at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, arguing that investors considering India would hav...
Remarks by a prominent economist about India ’s air quality have raised a debate on whether New Delhi should prioritise tackling pollution over tariff talks, as the country continues to transition towards a green economy. Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath made the comments at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, arguing that investors considering India would have to factor its environment because it “is going to be consequential for health”. India has been moving to lessen its dependence on fossil fuels and ramping up renewable energy development. Last June, it achieved the goal of using non-fossil fuel sources for half of its total electric power installed capacity, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under the Paris Agreement. Advertisement Such a milestone, however, should complement efforts to improve India’s air quality, particularly in its cities, to lure foreign investors, according to analysts. “Addressing that on a war footing is critical. This has to be a top mission for India,” Gopinath, who served as the IMF’s chief economist between 2019 and 2022, said last week. Advertisement Quoting a World Bank study, the American Indian economist said that about 1.7 million lives were lost in 2019 in India, or almost 20 per cent of overall deaths, because of pollution. “Even from an international investor’s perspective … the pollution holds you back.”
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Investors are excited about the recent spike in copper prices. Shares in Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO +4.92%) rose by 12.8% in the week to Friday morning. The move comes in a week when the price of copper briefly spiked to an all-time high of above $6.50 per pound on the London Metal Exchange. The copper price spike is supported by fundamentals As you can see below, it was a pretty good week ...
Investors are excited about the recent spike in copper prices. Shares in Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO +4.92%) rose by 12.8% in the week to Friday morning. The move comes in a week when the price of copper briefly spiked to an all-time high of above $6.50 per pound on the London Metal Exchange. The copper price spike is supported by fundamentals As you can see below, it was a pretty good week for copper producers, including Southern Copper, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX +2.36%), and Rio Tinto (RIO +1.88%). The moves are backed by a combination of supply tightening and solid, ongoing demand, increasingly supported by data center demand for power cabling and copper wire. Southern Copper's management estimates a market deficit of 320,000 tonnes in 2026, and it's notable that management expects its own copper production to decline by 4.7% to 911,400 tonnes, due to "lower ore grades at our Peruvian operation." Freeport-McMoRan also expects lower copper sales volume in 2026, with its recently reduced forecast calling for 3.4 billion pounds of sales in 2026, compared to 3.6 billion pounds in 2025 – a difference of about 91,000 tonnes. Where next for Southern Copper and copper With copper inventories covering only 14 days of consumption and Freeport and Southern Copper (two major players in copper) struggling to grow volumes, the outlook is positive for prices. Freeport's production will recover as it brings production back online following a fatal incident in Indonesia, and there are exciting developments at Rio Tinto using muon technology to increase production, but they are for the future. Right now, the market looks positive for higher prices, and that's good for a low-cost producer like Southern Copper.
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday his decision to appoint former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh as the next head of the US central bank, with Jerome Powell due to step down in May. The nomination of the 55-year-old, a former governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 2006 to 2011, aligns with Trump’s efforts to control the monetary policymaking institution as economic issues – fr...
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday his decision to appoint former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh as the next head of the US central bank, with Jerome Powell due to step down in May. The nomination of the 55-year-old, a former governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 2006 to 2011, aligns with Trump’s efforts to control the monetary policymaking institution as economic issues – from tariffs to affordability – dominate the policy agenda ahead of the November midterm elections. The nomination remains subject to US Senate confirmation. Advertisement Trump has accused Powell of being “too late” in reducing interest rates. He has long argued that his pick would consult him on monetary policy and “[believe] in lower interest rates, by a lot”. Such statements raised the eyebrows of economists and Wall Street bankers, given the tradition of central bank independence and the Fed’s commitment to its inflation control target of 2 per cent. Advertisement More to follow...
Celtic will play Stuttgart and Nottingham Forest will face Fenerbahce in two-legged play-offs to reach the last 16 of the Europa League. Martin O'Neill's side could also have been drawn against Hungarian club Ferencvaros, managed by Robbie Keane, but will instead face the Bundesliga club. The first leg will be at Celtic Park and the winners of the tie will play either Porto - who defeated O'Neill'...
Celtic will play Stuttgart and Nottingham Forest will face Fenerbahce in two-legged play-offs to reach the last 16 of the Europa League. Martin O'Neill's side could also have been drawn against Hungarian club Ferencvaros, managed by Robbie Keane, but will instead face the Bundesliga club. The first leg will be at Celtic Park and the winners of the tie will play either Porto - who defeated O'Neill's side in the 2003 Uefa Cup final - or another Portuguese side Braga in the last 16. Forest, whose alternative tie was against Greek side Panathinaikos, will play Midtjylland or Real Betis if they progress past the Turkish club. The play-off games will take place on 19 and 26 February. Celtic booked their spot in the play-offs with a 4-2 win against Utrecht which secured 21st place in the league phase table. Forest won 4-0 against Ferencvaros in their final league game to finish 13th and earn a home tie in the second leg of the play-off. The top eight teams from the league phase - Lyon, Aston Villa, Midtjylland, Real Betis, Porto, Braga, Freiburg and Roma - have all qualified for the last 16. The 2026 Europa League final will take place on 20 May at Besiktas Park in Istanbul, Turkey.
DKosig Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) rose in early trading on Friday after topping the consensus estimates of analysts with its fourth-quarter earnings report. Revenue was up 5.9% to $5.23B. Organic sales were up 2.2% during the quarter, including a 0.9% negative impact from lower private label pet volume. The segments with the highest organic sales growth marks were Latin America (+6.5%) and Africa/Eu...
DKosig Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) rose in early trading on Friday after topping the consensus estimates of analysts with its fourth-quarter earnings report. Revenue was up 5.9% to $5.23B. Organic sales were up 2.2% during the quarter, including a 0.9% negative impact from lower private label pet volume. The segments with the highest organic sales growth marks were Latin America (+6.5%) and Africa/Eurasia (+10.3%). Organic sales fell 1.8% in North America. Non-GAAP EPS was reported at $0.95 vs. $0.91 consensus and $0.91 a year ago. Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) said its leadership in toothpaste continued with its global market share at 41.3% year-to-date, while its leadership in manual toothbrushes continued with its global market share at 32.4% year-to-date. "As we begin 2026, while we expect the difficult operating environment and slower category growth to continue in the short term, we are operating from a position of strength and are confident that the changes we are making will enable us to deliver consistent, compounded earnings per share growth and drive shareholder value in the long term," stated CEO Noel Wallace. On the guidance front, Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) expects net sales to be up 2% to 6%, including a low-single-digit positive impact from foreign exchange. The company expects organic sales growth to be 1% to 4% higher. On a non-GAAP basis, the company expects gross profit margin expansion with advertising up on both a dollar basis and as a percentage of net sales and low to mid-single-digit earnings per share growth. Shares of Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) were up 2.2% in premarket action. More on Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive: The Pullback Makes This Dividend King More Attractive Colgate-Palmolive: Consistent Long-Term Execution Makes It Attractive Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Presents at Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference 2025 Transcript Colgate-Palmolive beats Q4 estimates Colgate-Palmolive Q4 2025 Earnings Preview
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Recently, we have been both investing in and writing articles about CEF preferred stocks. We are turning our attention to credit risk and are willing to bet that long-term yields may finally move lower amid global uncertainty. It is for the world to see whether the USA will still be a safe haven, and the null hypothesis is "yes" unless proven otherwise. Tod...
PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images Recently, we have been both investing in and writing articles about CEF preferred stocks. We are turning our attention to credit risk and are willing to bet that long-term yields may finally move lower amid global uncertainty. It is for the world to see whether the USA will still be a safe haven, and the null hypothesis is "yes" unless proven otherwise. Today, we will focus on a very simple yet important lesson about preferred stocks. There are two main points: Past performance is useless when evaluating preferred stocks Buying below par is always better when the current yield is the same. We will have to place a sell rating on one of our favorite preferred stocks through the years, and it comes from a CEF that has been around for almost a century. General American Investors Co. Inc. ( GAM ) is a closed-end fund established on February 1, 1927 (yes, we double-checked the date). It has approximately $1.8 billion in total net assets as of 09/30/2025. The fund's leverage is 10.5%, and its expense ratio is 1.11%. The asset coverage ratio at the end of Q3 is 952%, as you can see in the picture below: GAM's fact sheet (generalamericaninvestors.com) GAM has close to 67 holdings, and the biggest part of its portfolio is close to 6% in the Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ): GAM's largest holdings (generalamericaninvestor.com) To put it simply, GAM is invested in some of the largest companies in the world whose liquidity is very similar to cash equivalents today. This makes its preferred stock extremely safe from a credit perspective. In the following lines, we will outline the pros and cons of GAB's preferred stock ( GAM.PR.B ). GAM.PR.B Close to 6% Current Yield and High Credit Rating Below is shown GAM's preferred stock ( GAM.PR.B ). GAM-B's metrics (author's database) GAM.PR.B was issued on 09/24/2003 with a coupon rate of 5.95%. The spread to the treasury yield then was close to 1.25%, while currently it is around 1.13%. Moody's rate...
Much of the music of central Appalachia – the mountainous region linking Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas – derives from the Scots-Irish people who settled there. It was the Ulster immigrants, passing down their boisterous tunes and melancholy ballads, who gifted the US some of its first iterations of country music. Composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have used that jo...
Much of the music of central Appalachia – the mountainous region linking Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas – derives from the Scots-Irish people who settled there. It was the Ulster immigrants, passing down their boisterous tunes and melancholy ballads, who gifted the US some of its first iterations of country music. Composer Finn Anderson and director Tania Azevedo have used that journey to tell a musical story across generations. Our starting point is New York couple Sarah and Alix, moving into their new home and Marie Kondo-ing a mystery box sent to Sarah by a dying aunt. It turns out to contain audio tapes tracing song origins back up the family line, a reconnection to Sarah’s West Virginia roots that is first unwelcome and then increasingly transformative. No kidding: this music would move anyone. Anderson’s score powerfully evokes the source material it is exploring, and the ensemble’s singing positively electrifies the traditional songs – The Four Marys, Handsome Molly – that he incorporates and adapts with the fluidity that has accompanied them down the centuries. View image in fullscreen Transformative … the ensemble of Ballad Lines. Photograph: Pamela Raith In a nearly all-female cast, Kirsty Findlay breaks the heart as Cait, a spirited but troubled Scottish minister’s wife living in the 1600s. Meanwhile Yna Tresvalles teases the wit from the script as 18th-century Londonderry teenager Jean (“If God didn’t want us tempted, he wouldn’t have invented sailors”). It’s their respective pregnancies that fuel the show’s themes of motherhood and choice – the act-one number, Unexpected Visitor, is a standout – and which rather outshine the contemporary story. With brilliant support from Sian Louise Dowdalls as Jean’s vociferous sister and Ally Kennard – who brings a vital empathy to all the male roles – it’s hard not to find yourself wishing these characters back on stage in some of the New York scenes. Aunt Betty emerges from her largely narrative ro...
Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 26.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 32,085 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 11,293 shares during the quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC's holdings in Oracle were wor...
Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL - Free Report) by 26.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 32,085 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock after selling 11,293 shares during the quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC's holdings in Oracle were worth $9,024,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in Oracle by 189.3% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 153,580 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $25,593,000 after acquiring an additional 100,494 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Oracle by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,418 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $903,000 after acquiring an additional 404 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Oracle by 21.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,348 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock valued at $951,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. increased its position in Oracle by 0.9% in the second quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 8,230 shares of the enterprise software provider's stock worth $1,799,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. Finally, jvl associates llc bought a new position in Oracle during the second quarter valued at $236,000. 42.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors. Get Oracle alerts: Sign Up Insider Buying and Selling at Oracle In other Oracle news, EVP Douglas A. Kehring sold 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 15th. The shares we...
Palantir stock is sliding ahead of earnings as valuation concerns and macro risks rise; here’s what investors should watch for in next week's earnings report
Palantir stock is sliding ahead of earnings as valuation concerns and macro risks rise; here’s what investors should watch for in next week's earnings report
Tesla will build Optimus 4 in Giga Texas, and its production line will be massive. This was, at least, as per recent comments by CEO Elon Musk on social media platform X. Optimus 4 production In response to a post on X which expressed surprise that Optimus will be produced in California, Musk stated that “Optimus 4 will be built in Texas at much higher volume.” This suggests that while the first O...
Tesla will build Optimus 4 in Giga Texas, and its production line will be massive. This was, at least, as per recent comments by CEO Elon Musk on social media platform X. Optimus 4 production In response to a post on X which expressed surprise that Optimus will be produced in California, Musk stated that “Optimus 4 will be built in Texas at much higher volume.” This suggests that while the first Optimus line will be set up in the Fremont Factory, and while the line itself will be capable of producing 1 million humanoid robots per year, the real ramp of Optimus’ production will happen in Giga Texas. This was not the first time that Elon Musk shared his plans for Optimus’ production at Gigafactory Texas. During the 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting, he stated that Giga Texas’ Optimus line will produce 10 million units of the humanoid robot per year. He did not, however, state at the time that Giga Texas would produce Optimus V4. “So we’re going to launch on the fastest production ramp of any product of any large complex manufactured product ever, starting with building a one-million-unit production line in Fremont. And that’s Line one. And then a ten million unit per year production line here,” Musk stated. Optimus 4 will be built in Texas at much higher volume — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2026 How big Optimus could become During Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2025 earnings call, Musk offered additional context on the potential of Optimus. While he stated that the ramp of Optimus’ production will be deliberate at first, the humanoid robot itself will have the potential to change the world. “Optimus really will be a general-purpose robot that can learn by observing human behavior. You can demonstrate a task or verbally describe a task or show it a task. Even show it a video, it will be able to do that task. It’s going to be a very capable robot. I think long-term Optimus will have a very significant impact on the US GDP. “It will actually move the needle on US GDP significantl...
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares fell 0.6% even after after the company posted blowout fiscal first-quarter results , with notably strong revenue from its iPhone 17 models released in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, higher than the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Revenue came out at $143.76 billion, significa...
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Apple — Shares fell 0.6% even after after the company posted blowout fiscal first-quarter results , with notably strong revenue from its iPhone 17 models released in September. Apple earned $2.84 per share for the quarter, higher than the $2.67 per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Revenue came out at $143.76 billion, significantly exceeding analysts' expectation of $138.48 billion. Overall iPhone revenue surged 23% on an annual basis to $85.27 billion in revenue. Chevron — The oil giant posted fourth-quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations thanks to record oil production . The company earned an adjusted $1.52 per share, beating an LSEG consensus of $1.45 per share. However, shares were down slightly in the premarket as revenue of $46.87 billion fell short of estimates. Sandisk — The data storage device manufacturer shared solid guidance, leading the stock to pop 22%. Sandisk sees fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings ranging from $12 to $14 per share, versus the FactSet consensus for $5.11 per share. Second-quarter results also beat Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom lines. Visa — Shares of the financial giant slipped 1% despite strong fiscal first-quarter results. Visa earned $3.17 per share, on an adjusted basis, on revenue of $10.9 billion thanks to a jump in cross-border payments and payments volume. That came out higher than the $3.14 in earnings per share and $10.69 billion estimate from analysts polled by LSEG. Western Digital — The digital storage company saw shares rise about 1%. Western Digital provided a rosy forecast for the fiscal third quarter, calling for adjusted earnings of about $2.30 a share on revenue of roughly $3.2 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG sought $1.96 per share and $2.96 billion. Deckers Outdoor — The maker of Ugg Boots and Hoka sneakers saw shares surge 10.9% after issuing a 2026 outlook that surpassed Wall Street's estimates. Deckers sees earn...
Mikel Arteta has likened Max Dowman to a young Lionel Messi after the teenager committed his future to Arsenal. Dowman, who in November became the youngest player to play in the Champions League at 15 years and 308 days, has signed a pre-agreement for his first professional contract when he turns 17 in December. It is understood several clubs were interested in the England Under-19s forward but th...
Mikel Arteta has likened Max Dowman to a young Lionel Messi after the teenager committed his future to Arsenal. Dowman, who in November became the youngest player to play in the Champions League at 15 years and 308 days, has signed a pre-agreement for his first professional contract when he turns 17 in December. It is understood several clubs were interested in the England Under-19s forward but there was never real doubt over whether the player who joined Arsenal aged six would stay. Arteta started his career at Barcelona and was on the books when Messi joined in 2000, although he had gone by the time the Argentina forward made his first-team debut at 17. Arsenal’s manager was asked how Dowman, the youngest player to start a match for Arsenal, compared with other players to have come through the club’s Hale End academy. “Certainly one of the best,” he said. “What he’s done with us at the age of 15, me personally, I haven’t seen it before. Only with a guy that used to play in Barcelona but maybe not even that. He has a certain charisma as well and personality that he doesn’t get overwhelmed, whether it’s by the situation or the stadium or the opposition, and that’s a huge quality to have. Now it’s down to him and us to build an amazing career with him.” Dowman has been absent since mid-December with an ankle injury and is unlikely to feature on Saturday at Leeds, against whom he made his debut in August. Arteta has an otherwise full squad as Arsenal attempt to record a first league win in four attempts. But he has pleaded for matchday squads in the Premier League to be extended from 20 to 23, in line with Uefa competitions, arguing that having to leave out two or three players every week was having an effect on their mental health. “It’s much better to manage the squad, to maintain the value of the players, to maintain the mental health of the players as nobody wants to get out of the squad. I beg them so between all of us to help us with that. We can deal with hotel...